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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024su•i•cide /ˈsuəˌsaɪd/USA pronunciation n. - the intentional taking of one's own life: [uncountable]to commit suicide.[countable]The number of suicides increases in the winter.
- destruction of one's own interests or chances:[uncountable]financial suicide.
- [countable] one who intentionally takes his or her own life.
See -cide-2. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024su•i•cide (so̅o̅′ə sīd′),USA pronunciation n., v., -cid•ed, -cid•ing. n. - the intentional taking of one's own life.
- destruction of one's own interests or prospects:Buying that house was financial suicide.
- a person who intentionally takes his or her own life.
v.i. - to commit suicide.
v.t. - to kill (oneself ).
- Neo-Latin suīcīdium, -cīda, equivalent. to Latin suī of oneself, genitive singular of reflexive pronunciation, pronounced + -cīdium, -cīda -cide
- 1645–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: suicide /ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈsjuː-/ n - the act or an instance of killing oneself intentionally
- the self-inflicted ruin of one's own prospects or interests: a merger would be financial suicide
- a person who kills himself intentionally
- (modifier) reckless; extremely dangerous: a suicide mission
- (modifier) (of an action) undertaken or (of a person) undertaking an action in the knowledge that it will result in the death of the person performing it in order that maximum damage may be inflicted on an enemy: a suicide attack, suicide bomber
Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin suīcīdium, from Latin suī of oneself + -cīdium, from caedere to kill |